Stories for July 2005
Stories for Tuesday, July 26
Swank Building Fines
The demolition has been going on for quite some time in downtown Johnstown. Even so, people still stop on their lunch break and marvel at this rubble. One person today remarked that the building was built by real men not to come down. You can probably assume the building's contractor ...
Local County Fair Hopes For No Rain
So far so good when it comes to weather for the Bedford County Fair. Two years ago, the fair faced seven days of rain. Last year, rain cancelled two shows; totally closing all of the activities one day. So this year's 90 degree temperatures don't seem too bad. The local ...
Region's Most Wanted
Just because a crime is solved doesn't mean the tough part is over for police. Sometimes the suspect is still out there and police need your help to get the criminal behind bars. Channel 6 spoke to local and State Police in Cambria County about the region's most wanted. We ...
Grocery Store Burglarized
A privately-owned grocery store was the target of burglars early Tuesday morning in Lawrence Township, Clearfield County. Police believe at least 2 actors broke into the Thorne's Neighborhood Market just after 12:30 in the morning, using two separate entrances, but not before finding telephone lines off-property and cutting them. Once ...
Hit And Run
The wife of hit and run victim, Terry Clark, wants answers..Clark was hit and killed by a driver along Route 53 between Philipsburg and Osceola Mills over a month ago. Still, no answers and the family is pleading anyone with information come forward. The vehicle is believed to be a ...
Full Time District Attorney
New state legislation says that district attorney positions will all be full time starting in 2012. Until then, DAs have the choice, part time or full time. If the full time position is chosen, with the new pay raises legislators voted themselves...that would mean an 80-thousand dollar difference. The state ...
Stories for Monday, July 25
Johnstown Takes Residents To Court
Twenty-four residents are ordered to appear before a Magistrate Tuesday. But, that number is small compared to all those being charged. Almost 2,500 Johnstown residents are delinquent on their garbage bills. Johnstown is losing thousands of dollars because of them. Now the city is making them pay. The average garbage ...
Upper Yoder Police Back On The Job
Upper Yoder Township residents are happy with the continued 24-7 police protection but unhappy supervisors aren't answering questions on why this happened. The changes from the planned layoffs came from a heated Township meeting over the weekend. Residents made their concerns heard but it was a scheduling compromise between the ...
Some Politicians Not Taking Pay Raise
The community backlash from the pay raises is being felt. Many politicians are now saying they aren't going to take it. "The working class is really doing the major physical work and we're making really under wage underpaid pay," says taxpayer Kathy Keller. It is understandable why the average citizen, ...
Local Nurses Upset Over Job
Nurses at a Cambria County nursing home are frustrated. They are upset that they constantly have to work overtime. Overtime means more money, but the workers say it isn't worth it. The workers of Laurel Crest are saying they come in for their eight hour shift and never know when ...
Murder Victims
Raymond and Marjorie Bracken were found murdered inside their Spruce Avenue home in Altoona, in March of 2002. Since that time, their alleged murderer, William Thompson, has been in the media spotlight. Mainly because of his mistrial, numerous delays in the case, but regardless of the reason, he is usually ...
Johnstown Police Take Drugs Off The Street
Saturday morning at 1 am Johnstown police pulled over a car that was in the wrong lane along Broad street. They found a small amount of drugs on Emerald Nugent of Johnstown. That lead to a search warrant. Police later found rock cocaine, marijuana, cash, pills and 18 packets of ...
Stories for Sunday, July 24
Two Teens Stabbed
Clearfield State Police are investigating a weekend stabbing. It happened around two, Sunday morning, along Jerry Run Road in Goshen Township. State police say two teens got cut when someone pulled out a knife at an underage drinking party. Police aren't releasing the names of the victims or saying who ...
Stories for Saturday, July 23
Logan Town Centre Project
According to our partner, the Altoona Mirror, when the new developer, Echo Real Estate Company of Pittsburgh, proposed that the Authority pay much of the 1.1 million dollar cost to run water lines to the project, the Authority said no. Not wanting to set a bad precedent or skew the ...
State Representative Bud George
Clearfield County State Representative Bud "Camille" George is being investigated. He's accused of shoving a man into the wall. Channel Six caught up with Governor Ed Rendell who says he doesn't know all the facts of the matter but describes George as a fighter, not literally, but for the people. ...
Autism Benefit
More and more kids are being diagnosed with autism every year. However, a volleyball benefit game is looking to change that by raising money to help find a cure for autism and help kids living with it get treatment. Volley game organizers are looking for teams to participate in the ...
Stories for Friday, July 22
Job Saving Meeting
The township had decided to cut several jobs, including police and road workers due to budget woes. Today, those workers were laid off. Residents wanted answers and wanted service workers to get their jobs back. And some did. During executive session, officials agreed to bring back a full time officer ...
Senator Called On Voting For Pay Increase
You the viewer sent us dozens of emails telling us your resentment of the political pay raises. Armed with those emails, I spoke with State Senator John Wozniak. As you may know by now Senator Wozniak voted for the legislative pay raise. Several of the emails were brutal, calling the ...
Loss Of Brakes Leaves Man Critical
Police say the truck 50-year-old Richard Lutsic was driving Friday smashed against a tree on Hill Street near Cairnbrook. The truck lost its breaks near Dark Shade Drive. Police say Lutsic decided to run off the hill instead of into passing traffic. He had to be freed from the truck ...
Chief And Neighbors Speak Out On Police Loss
As of Friday night at 5pm, Upper Yoder Township has 4 full-time police officers. All the part-time officers are now gone. The job cuts are happening because of budget problems in Upper Yoder Township. The police officers aren't the only ones losing their jobs. But it's these officers that really ...
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